Fifi and Romeo Tokyo, Japan

For dog couture lovers that are looking to visit Tokyo Japan in Meguro-Ku, Tokyo, Japan there is a Fifi and Romeo store like its Los Angeles counterpart that has been around since 1998 and are well known for their cashmere sweaters for dogs, celebrity clientele and being worn in Legally Blonde on Bruiser.
To view more of Fifi and Romeo Tokyo, Japans store see them on facebook here.

Fifi and Romeo Tokyo

Fifi and Romeo Duck and Cherry sweaters

The Tokyo store is open 10am to 7pm, 6 days a week (closed Wednesdays) and specialises in the lovely dog sweaters Fifi and Romeo are famous for.

Cupcake Dog Sweater

 

New store in California Store for designer dog collars

For those near San Luis Obispo, California there is a new store that has opened called Mutt Couture.
The company was originally formed in 2011 and had an online presence from 2012 but now has a store front located at Suite 5, 973 Foothill Blvd, San Luis Obispo, California.  Shop hours are 6 days a week (Monday closed).
The store specialises in high-end, boutique-style dog collars, leads and dog tags.

For a closer look at their product visit their website: http://www.muttcoutureinc.com

Mutt Couture Cupcake dog tag

Mutt Couture Brass Knuckles dog tag

American Eagle Outfitters doing Dog Campain to raise money for ASPCA

American Eagle Outfitters on their website are promoting an upcoming line they are referring to as American Beagle Outfitters for you and your dog where you can purchase matching outfits for your dog as yourself.
No word yet as to if this is a real line or just a publicity stunt following the popularity recently of the Shiba Inu dog Bodhi and the Menswear Dog line as the photos link to women's clothes underneath the dog photos.

The company is currently donating up to $100, 00 to the American Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (ASPCA) from online purchases through their shop at the moment ($1 from each order)

Her are some of their photos

 

Imaginative Crochet Unicorn Dog Costume Mask

Hiroko Fukatsu a beautiful yarn artist from Tokyo Japan and who sells lovely patterns on Ravelry  created an absolutely gorgeous Unicorn mask for her cute black Shiba dog.

The Unicorn mask was created in order to make her own original New year's cards (under Chinese horoscope, 2014 is the year of the horse)

Unfortunately Hiroko said she did not create a pattern in order to make the mask and does not plan to sell patterns of her unicorn mask. A shame as with it being the year of the horse having a horse related outfit for this years Halloween for your dog sounds like a very cute option and may be just the go in mystical chic, and pop culture pop for your pooch.

Below I have included a photo of her imaginative creation but for more images of this go to:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/roko/unicorn

and for her lovely knitted and crochet patterns for adults you can look at what she has available for sale:
http://www.ravelry.com/projects/rook

Menswear Dog collection raising money for rescue

Menswear Dog currently have  eleven days left of its project through indiegogo to raise funds for dog rescue.

Menswear Dog collection is headed up by David Jung a NYC fashion designer who captured the imagination of an online audience through dressing up his dog Bodhi in men's designer clothes and posting the results online. He has since branched out to making his own dog clothing collection.

If you are not ready for dressing your pooch up to the nines then there are also tshirts and posters available as a part of the fundraising project.

Bodhi is a Shiba Inu which is a very popular breed of dog in Japan and of the Spitz family. It is one of the few ancient breed dogs that are still in existence.
It is a small breed that usually ranges from 8 to 10kg in weight as an adult.

As a part of this project every outfit sponsors a rescue animal for a month! Now that's a good cause!

To look at whats available go to
http://www.indiegogo.com/projects/menswear-dog-collection

Canines and Couture

Dog Couture Fashion Shows have become one of the exciting new ways in which Dog rescue groups raise funds to promote their cause by both generating funds and giving their wonderful rescued pooches exposure to a captivated audience and hopefully potential new homes. 

For those in the Detroit area Detroit Dog Rescue are putting on a Canines & Couture Fashion Show on March 30th 2014 to raise funds for the rescue.

More information can be found on their Facebook page
https://www.facebook.com/detroitdogrescue